Maternal depression has been repeatedly associated
with sleep disturbance in childhood, 7,21 and in at least 1 study, it predicted persistent child sleep problems.7 In contrast, maternal EPDS score at age 6 to 12 months did not predict sleep problems at the age of 3 to 4 years in this study.
Also, the amount of adjustment that comes after the birth of a baby,
along with sleep disturbance, disruption of «routine», and emotions from the childbirth experience itself can all contribute to how a new mom feels.
For the study (which focused on
people with sleep disturbances related to anxiety or stress), 61 patients received daily doses of either kava or a placebo for four weeks.
Specifically, sleep - restricted rodents lost weight even though they ate more (24) and
rats with sleep disturbance because of ventrolateral preoptic area of the hypothalamus lesions (25) gained less weight even though they ate normal amounts of food.
Given the nature of the issues which have faced children and young people prior to their reception into care, it is likely that staff in children's units will have to
deal with sleep disturbances and their consequences.
According to a 2016 survey of 38 Yezidi children in a refugee camp in Turkey, all had symptoms of at least one psychiatric illness,
with sleep disturbance and depression the most common.
«It's been known for years that diseases like Alzheimer's are associated
with sleep disturbances,» Nedergaard says.
Lead author Dr Andrew Thompson, from Warwick Medical School, said: «The presence of anxiety and depressive symptoms as confounding factors in
those with sleep disturbance could potentially explain the findings.
Scientists have long known that certain neurological conditions such as dementia, Alzheimer's», and stroke are all associated
with sleep disturbances.
PTSD is associated
with sleep disturbances.
There is consistent but poor quality evidence that proximity to wind farms is associated with annoyance and, less consistently,
with sleep disturbance and poorer quality of life.
Evidence suggests that suicidal ideation and behaviors are closely associated
with sleep disturbances, and in some cases, this association appears to exist above and beyond depression.
Individual differences in emotional reactivity may be associated
with sleep disturbances.